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The GLC VOICE 4 West 26th Street Suite K Mpls., MN 55404
Volume II, Issue 8 Mid-April 1981 10,000 Copies
Minnesota's Only Newspaper for Gays, Lesbians and Civilized Folks
Jury Acquits
Bathhouse Workers
Doug Victor and Pat Schwartz Exonerate!
Jeffry R. Anderson, Atty.
by Tim Campbell
A Hennepin County jury
composed of five women and
one man deliberated from 11:30
a.m. until 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 15 and then acquited
two employees of the Locker
Room Health Club, a sexually
oriented gay bathhouse in Minneapolis, of participating in a
disorderly house. The jury declared themselves hopelessly
deadlocked on the concom-
mitents charge of operating a
disorderly house filed by the
vice-squad against Douglas Victor and Patrick Hero Schwartz
after a raid perpetrated between
9:00 p.m. February 9, and 2:00
a.m. February 10, 1980. That
Citizens' Party
State
Convention
May 2-3
The Citizens Party will hold its
State Convention Saturday,
May 2 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00
p.m. and Sunday, May 3 from
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the
Hennepin County Government
Center Auditorium in Minneapolis. There will be a variety of
workshops including human
rights, and some work on the
party platform. Further information can be obtained by calling
(612)872-9113.
Patrick Hero Schwartz
date marked the eve of the arrival of Minneapolis' current
police chief, Anthony Bouza, a
reputed liberal man of letters
coming in from New York.
Nearly a hundred patrons of the
Locker Room were also arrested.
The jury came out of deliberation at 3:30 p.m. to ask the judge
for clarification of the concepts
of public and private. Judge
Peter J. Lindberg at that time
simply restated his first instructions: "A public place means a
place open to the public or a
place exposed to the public
view."
cer Michael Calistro testified that
he had purchased a membership
card prior to the date of the raid,
signed a statement acknowledging that the Locker Room was an
Douglas Victor
adult, sexually oriented gay
private club. He had produced
identification establishing his
age, he produced his membership card to gain entry through a
security door operated by a
buzzer system and surveyed by
closed circuit television camera.
Jeffrey R. Anderson, attorney
for the defendants, has stressed
the elements of privacy throughout the trial.
"We're not talking about an
unwary citizen ambling in off the
street. We're not talking about
something in a residential street.
We're not talking about privacy.
The length to which these people
have gone to seek refuge and
privacy is incredible!" Anderson
told the jurors in his closing state-
merUs. "Now, because Officer
Calistro lied, does this party become not private?"
Anderson had also stressed
the "sanctity of the jury" during
his closing arguments through
reference to the sedition trials of
William Penn. In that case, Anderson said, the jury had persisted in coming back with not
guilty verdicts even after being
sent back by the King four times
and cut off from food andwater.
The jury had also asked for
clarification of the term "participating" in a disorderly house.
Judge Lindberg told them simply
that "It is your job to determine
what that means." The City Attorney prosecuting the case,
Roger Battreal, asked for and
failed to receive a declaration of
mistrial on the participation verdict on the basis that the jury did
not understand what participation meant.
The judge took under advisement competing motions from
the State and the Defense as
regards the charges of operating
a disorderly house. Anderson
maintains the case should be dismissed with prejudice, which
means Schwartz and Victor cannot be tried again. Battreal
claims they can be tried again
since there was a hung jury on
that issue. They cannot be tried
again for participating in a disorderly house.
The State's case depended on
testimony from Officers Calistro, Thomas Billings and Sgt.
Robert Nelson. Calistro testified
that he signalled the others to
make the raid three hours after
arrival by a prearranged signal
that meant he had actually seen
someone engaging in sodomy.
He was obviously put out by being cross examined. He testitifed
in uniform although he made his
arrests in a towel.
Thomas Billings testified very
vaguely that he had "probably"
arrested persons of the opposite
sex for sodomy before in his thirteen years on the police force,
without citing any specific instances. Anderson asked him to
define sodomy and Billing responded, "Any oral genital contact." Anderson then calmly, addressed the jury saying, "Now I
ask you to think about that. Any
oral genital contact," and paused
for them to reflect.
Sgt. Nelson was elusive when
he responded that Lieutenant
Tidgewell was in charge of operations the night of the raid.
Tidgewell has already lost one
$50,000 lawsuit for invading a
private party of anti-war activists. Nelson donned one surgical glove to handle items confiscated from locked private cubicles such as Crisco cans, porno
booklets, enema syringes, and
dildoes exhibited as part of the
State's evidence. A blushing
Nelson admitted that the only
item in the display that was illegal was a "sap" often used by
(See ACQUITTAL page 7)
Business Meet Attracts 85
CITIZENS _.
PARTY *
ioto: Mark Peterson
Kevin Mossier and Clark Bufkin at NBA reception.
"We all have something in
common. We are business and
professional people who have
contributed and are contributing
to the growth and development
of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
We live here. We work here.
And we know that few metro
politan areas can offer the quality of life we enjoy here every
day. As gay and lesbian citizens
we have a particularly critical
stake in the future direction and
development of this metropolitan area."
With these words, Kevin Mos
sier, owner and managing director of the Travel Company in
Minneapolis, welcomed over 85
guests and prospective members
to the first cocktail reception of
the Northland Business Association at Charlie's Cafe Excep-
tionale April 8.
Mossier went on to explain
that "The Northland Business
Association will be a civic,
business and professional association that will operate very
much like a gay and lesbian
chamber of commerce. The NBA
president and board of directors
will represent the interests of our
members and be able to communicate the ideas, suggestions
and concerns we have about our
community to the political and
civic leaders of the metropolitan
area. The NBA will work to
strengthen and support members
businesses. We will also encourage the development and growth
of new businesses through our
associate membership program.
The NBA can contribute to the
development of a greater sense of
community feeling for all gay
and lesbian residents."
Nominations are coming in
this week for board members
and organizational officers. The
NBA offers three types of memberships. A business membership at $50 per year. A professional membership at $25 per
year. And an associate membership at $10 per calendar year.
The group will publish a Consumer's Buying Guide including
the names of all members who so
desire.
Candidates for office will be
introduced at another cocktail
reception at Charlie's May 13
from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Reservations must be received by May 8
along with a check for $8 sent to
NBA, P.O. Box 14549, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414.
The group also plans a sit
down dinner at the Hyatt-
Regency on June 10 with Police
Chief Anthony Bouza as guest
speaker.

The GLC VOICE 4 West 26th Street Suite K Mpls., MN 55404
Volume II, Issue 8 Mid-April 1981 10,000 Copies
Minnesota's Only Newspaper for Gays, Lesbians and Civilized Folks
Jury Acquits
Bathhouse Workers
Doug Victor and Pat Schwartz Exonerate!
Jeffry R. Anderson, Atty.
by Tim Campbell
A Hennepin County jury
composed of five women and
one man deliberated from 11:30
a.m. until 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 15 and then acquited
two employees of the Locker
Room Health Club, a sexually
oriented gay bathhouse in Minneapolis, of participating in a
disorderly house. The jury declared themselves hopelessly
deadlocked on the concom-
mitents charge of operating a
disorderly house filed by the
vice-squad against Douglas Victor and Patrick Hero Schwartz
after a raid perpetrated between
9:00 p.m. February 9, and 2:00
a.m. February 10, 1980. That
Citizens' Party
State
Convention
May 2-3
The Citizens Party will hold its
State Convention Saturday,
May 2 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00
p.m. and Sunday, May 3 from
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the
Hennepin County Government
Center Auditorium in Minneapolis. There will be a variety of
workshops including human
rights, and some work on the
party platform. Further information can be obtained by calling
(612)872-9113.
Patrick Hero Schwartz
date marked the eve of the arrival of Minneapolis' current
police chief, Anthony Bouza, a
reputed liberal man of letters
coming in from New York.
Nearly a hundred patrons of the
Locker Room were also arrested.
The jury came out of deliberation at 3:30 p.m. to ask the judge
for clarification of the concepts
of public and private. Judge
Peter J. Lindberg at that time
simply restated his first instructions: "A public place means a
place open to the public or a
place exposed to the public
view."
cer Michael Calistro testified that
he had purchased a membership
card prior to the date of the raid,
signed a statement acknowledging that the Locker Room was an
Douglas Victor
adult, sexually oriented gay
private club. He had produced
identification establishing his
age, he produced his membership card to gain entry through a
security door operated by a
buzzer system and surveyed by
closed circuit television camera.
Jeffrey R. Anderson, attorney
for the defendants, has stressed
the elements of privacy throughout the trial.
"We're not talking about an
unwary citizen ambling in off the
street. We're not talking about
something in a residential street.
We're not talking about privacy.
The length to which these people
have gone to seek refuge and
privacy is incredible!" Anderson
told the jurors in his closing state-
merUs. "Now, because Officer
Calistro lied, does this party become not private?"
Anderson had also stressed
the "sanctity of the jury" during
his closing arguments through
reference to the sedition trials of
William Penn. In that case, Anderson said, the jury had persisted in coming back with not
guilty verdicts even after being
sent back by the King four times
and cut off from food andwater.
The jury had also asked for
clarification of the term "participating" in a disorderly house.
Judge Lindberg told them simply
that "It is your job to determine
what that means." The City Attorney prosecuting the case,
Roger Battreal, asked for and
failed to receive a declaration of
mistrial on the participation verdict on the basis that the jury did
not understand what participation meant.
The judge took under advisement competing motions from
the State and the Defense as
regards the charges of operating
a disorderly house. Anderson
maintains the case should be dismissed with prejudice, which
means Schwartz and Victor cannot be tried again. Battreal
claims they can be tried again
since there was a hung jury on
that issue. They cannot be tried
again for participating in a disorderly house.
The State's case depended on
testimony from Officers Calistro, Thomas Billings and Sgt.
Robert Nelson. Calistro testified
that he signalled the others to
make the raid three hours after
arrival by a prearranged signal
that meant he had actually seen
someone engaging in sodomy.
He was obviously put out by being cross examined. He testitifed
in uniform although he made his
arrests in a towel.
Thomas Billings testified very
vaguely that he had "probably"
arrested persons of the opposite
sex for sodomy before in his thirteen years on the police force,
without citing any specific instances. Anderson asked him to
define sodomy and Billing responded, "Any oral genital contact." Anderson then calmly, addressed the jury saying, "Now I
ask you to think about that. Any
oral genital contact," and paused
for them to reflect.
Sgt. Nelson was elusive when
he responded that Lieutenant
Tidgewell was in charge of operations the night of the raid.
Tidgewell has already lost one
$50,000 lawsuit for invading a
private party of anti-war activists. Nelson donned one surgical glove to handle items confiscated from locked private cubicles such as Crisco cans, porno
booklets, enema syringes, and
dildoes exhibited as part of the
State's evidence. A blushing
Nelson admitted that the only
item in the display that was illegal was a "sap" often used by
(See ACQUITTAL page 7)
Business Meet Attracts 85
CITIZENS _.
PARTY *
ioto: Mark Peterson
Kevin Mossier and Clark Bufkin at NBA reception.
"We all have something in
common. We are business and
professional people who have
contributed and are contributing
to the growth and development
of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
We live here. We work here.
And we know that few metro
politan areas can offer the quality of life we enjoy here every
day. As gay and lesbian citizens
we have a particularly critical
stake in the future direction and
development of this metropolitan area."
With these words, Kevin Mos
sier, owner and managing director of the Travel Company in
Minneapolis, welcomed over 85
guests and prospective members
to the first cocktail reception of
the Northland Business Association at Charlie's Cafe Excep-
tionale April 8.
Mossier went on to explain
that "The Northland Business
Association will be a civic,
business and professional association that will operate very
much like a gay and lesbian
chamber of commerce. The NBA
president and board of directors
will represent the interests of our
members and be able to communicate the ideas, suggestions
and concerns we have about our
community to the political and
civic leaders of the metropolitan
area. The NBA will work to
strengthen and support members
businesses. We will also encourage the development and growth
of new businesses through our
associate membership program.
The NBA can contribute to the
development of a greater sense of
community feeling for all gay
and lesbian residents."
Nominations are coming in
this week for board members
and organizational officers. The
NBA offers three types of memberships. A business membership at $50 per year. A professional membership at $25 per
year. And an associate membership at $10 per calendar year.
The group will publish a Consumer's Buying Guide including
the names of all members who so
desire.
Candidates for office will be
introduced at another cocktail
reception at Charlie's May 13
from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Reservations must be received by May 8
along with a check for $8 sent to
NBA, P.O. Box 14549, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414.
The group also plans a sit
down dinner at the Hyatt-
Regency on June 10 with Police
Chief Anthony Bouza as guest
speaker.